ICD-10:
Encourage Physicians to Document 'Recurrent' for Future Acute Sinusitis Diagnoses
Published on Fri Jan 17, 2014
General descriptors for 461 code family make a straightforward shift. With a new focus on acute sinusitis thanks to additional PQRS measures for 2014, you’ll want to be sure you handle diagnosis coding correctly. Current coding: ICD-9 includes choices specific to the sinuses affected (frontal, maxillary, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, unspecified, or other). Each has its own code under diagnosis family 461 [...]
